Various Artists - The Rough Guide to the Roots of Jazz

WORLD MUSIC NETWORK

£6.39

Cat. no: RGNET1409CD
Format: CD
Barcode: 605633140927
Release Date: 30th April 2021
Genre: Jazz

An album which traces the development of jazz during its early recorded history and featuring the greatest names in early jazz including Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington and many more.

Seminal recordings by trailblazing jazz artists who paved the way for what has become a global phenomenon. Includes the instrumental brilliance of soloists including Eddie Lang, Bix Beiderbecke and Earl Hines. Following on from the success of other American roots titles in the Rough Guide range, ‘The Rough Guide to the Roots of Jazz’ is the perfect overview of the emerging styles and key performers of early jazz on one album.

Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques.

Tracks: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues / Eddie Lang - Eddie’s Twister / Tiny Parham and his Musicians - Sud Buster’s Dream / Louis Armstrong Orchestra - Muggles / New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Bugle Call Blues / Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang - Ol’ Man River / Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra - The Stampede / Earl Hines - I Ain’t Got Nobody And Nobody Cares For Me / Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers - Doctor Jazz / Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals - Salty Dog / Russell’s Hot Six - Sweet Mumtaz / Joe Venuti’s Blue Four - Cheese And Crackers / Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Black And Tan Fantasy / Eddie Condon’s Quartet - Indiana / Fats Waller - Muscle Shoals Blues / Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans / Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag / Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra - It’s Tight Like That / Benny Goodman - Clarinetitis / James P. Johnson - Carolina Shout / Clarence Williams’ Blue Five - Wild Cat Blues / The Chicago Footwarmers - Oriental Man / The Bucktown Five - Chicago Blues / Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra - South / Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues / E. C. Cobb and
his Corn-Eaters - Transatlantic Stomp